IVC has implemented a specific methodology to deal with these challenges. Our motivation for publicizing this approach is the increasing number of market participants eager to understand the data realm of Israeli tech funding more clearly. We strongly believe that greater transparency and more data-driven decisions will enhance the next leapfrog of the local ecosystem.

Traditionally, seed rounds tend to differentiate from A rounds according to their timing in the company's life cycle. Funding would likely fall into a seed round if the operation comprised less than ten employees without a working product and no sales. Lately, more frequently than before, companies later in their life cycle, with multiple employees, working products, and even sales, often claim these are Seed Rounds. IVC is tentative to market changes and defines each case by its factors.

IVC has collected data points about new Israeli tech companies for over two decades. While the methodology and tools used to characterize this population have changed dramatically, the challenges remain the same: How to correctly uncover the number of new companies.